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Definition of vicariate in English:

noun

As churchman, he upheld ecclesiastical discipline in Italy and Dalmatia, maintained authority in the vicariate of Illyricum, restructured the dioceses of his dwindling patriarchate, and laboured to convert Jews and pagan rustics.

The British vicariate could be an important stage in a fully professional career, and the men in the post of whom we know were not mediocrities.

It is difficult to know how well the urban vicariate of Baltimore reflects the behavior and attitudes of parishioners outside the study population.